Tropidopolinae


The Tropidopolinae are a subfamily of Acrididae in the Orthoptera: Caelifera. Species can be found in Africa, southern Europe and Asia.

Tribes and genera

The Orthoptera Species File lists two tribes, with the following:

Tristriini

Authority: Mishchenko 1945
  1. Tristria Stål, 1873 – equatorial Africa and Asia
  2. Tristriella Descamps & Wintrebert, 1967 - Madagascar

Tropidopolini

Authority: Jacobson 1905
  1. Tropidopola Stål, 1873 – central – northern Africa, southern Europe; Asia: near East, India up to Siberia

tribe unassigned

  1. Afroxyrrhepes Uvarov, 1943 – equatorial Africa
  2. Chloroxyrrhepes Uvarov, 1943 – west Africa
  3. Dabba (insect) Uvarov, 1933 - Iran
  4. Homoxyrrhepes Uvarov, 1926 - Africa
  5. Limnippa Uvarov, 1941 - monotypic: E. Africa
  6. Mesopsilla Ramme, 1929 - monotypic: Congo
  7. Musimoja Uvarov, 1953 - monotypic: Angola
  8. Neooxyrrhepes Khan & Usmani, 2019 - monotypic: Assam
  9. Petamella Giglio-Tos, 1907 - Africa
  10. Pseudotristria Dirsh, 1961 – southern Africa